Saturday, December 15, 2012

The
design team has voted and we have decided that the winner of our very
special "Try Everyday" and Mis-sung Lyrics challenge is...

Julie Tucker-Wolek,

Marit Barentsen,

and Yvonne Yam!!!

Yes,
that's correct! You are all winners and all three of your beautiful
creations are going in the STM Hall of Fame! We appreciate you
especially, because, even if you didn't know it at the time; you were
participating in our very last challenge.

For
the last five and 1/2 years, we at Scrapping The Music have loved
bringing you challenges. We have loved seeing your creations. You have
inspired us so much! That's what makes this post so difficult.We
have decided it's time to close down the Scrapping The Music challenge
blog. We have been struggling with this decision for awhile now, and
with heavy but grateful hearts, we've decided the end of the year is a
good time to say goodbye.We want to thank EVERYONE who has participated in our challenges! You are what has made this adventure so wonderful for us!

Some of our design team members have created layouts to commemorate the occasion...

Frauke

My layout to say goodbye is based on the song "Every time we say goodbye" sung by Nat King Cole. (Note: I couldn't find Nat King Cole, but I linked you to a version by Ella Fitzgerald).

Her

My layout to say goodbye is based on 'When the music's over' by Jim Morrison & the Doors.
I created a background of some of my layouts I've made for StM in the past years,
Journaling says: After
5 years StM will stop... I've participated since august 2010 and I even
had the privilege to be a DT member for a few months. Michelle and all
of you StM guys, thank you very much for those years of fun and
inspiration.

I used the Muppets' song "Saying Goodbye"
as the inspiration for my layout. I am filled with emotion and can
honestly say that I have loved Scrapping the Music and being on the
design team for the past 2 years. It has been the best scrapping
experience of my life. I have met so many talented and wonderful people
and I want to thank you all for giving me this amazing opportunity!

Michelle

Here's a layout I did for our "Piece of My Heart" by Janis Joplin challenge. Scrapping The Music will always have a Piece of My Heart!

Just
seeing these layouts gets me choked up. I appreciate each one of you
on the design team so much! Thank you so much for being such a wonderful
group of women; and sharing your talents week after week with such
dedication and heart. You have truly become like family to me!

But - WAIT! There's good news too!

Even
though we won't be posting challenges on this blog anymore, we don't
want to stop sharing our love of music with you! So we have another
announcement...

Our
intention is to have a very casual and fun atmosphere at flickr, where
we can not only post our creations that were inspired by music; but we
can also have discussions about anything music-related, post concert
reviews and photos, the possibilities are endless!!! We have already
started uploading photos to the group, and we hope you will join us over there!

and
last but not least, we want to wish you a Merry Christmas (for those
who celebrate), and Happy New Year!!! With these holiday layouts...

Her

SINTERKLAAS, WIE KENT HEM NIET

in English: Sinterklaas, who does not know him...

Well, I guess most of you do?

Sinterklaas (Saint Nicolas) is a dutch holiday, on December 5th children get presents (if they have been nice of course...)

Sint
arrives at a steamboat, around half November, and from that day on kids
can put their shoe, together with some water and food for his horse
Amerigo and maybe a nice drawing for Sint himself, and sing some
Sinterklaas-songs.

Sinterklaas rides the roofs at night
and the next morning there might be a little present in the shoe. And of
course his horse has eaten the bread or carrot, and the food has been
gone.

At the night of December 5th, called 'pakjesavond' there will be alot of presents for the children and the whole family.

I think Sinterklaas and Santa Claus are the same? Even their names sound alike...

I
chose Amy Grant's Christmas song "Love Has Come" for many reasons. We
went to see her in concert at Christmastime one year, and she sang this
song and absolutely blew me away! To see the wonder in Katie and Anne's
eyes each Christmas morning - well, there is no more joy than that in
this world!!! I want to take this time to wish all of you a very Merry
Christmas! May it be filled with joy and happiness!

Hard to choose just one Christmas song there are so many songs I like, but I thought this photos fit for the lyrics.
My journaling reads : With 19 months presents and seeing your grandmas
and your grandpa are the most important things for you at Christmas.

Laury55
We are so close to Xmas now that I think this song We wish you a Merry Christmas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_S0Rd48hfU will inspire you . I created this card and at the same time I wish you all A merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Hi everyone!
We know that some of you have said you want to participate in our special "Try Everyday" challenge; and realize that this is a super-busy time of year; so we are extending the deadline for the challenge to December 12th at midnight, STM time. We hope to see some more entries!

Thank you so much to Julie Tucker-Wolek who submitted a beautiful layout for the challenge!

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Hi everyone, and welcome to another set of Scrapping The Music challenges!Challenge #209A Song: Try Everyday by Transistor Rodeo

Our song for challenge #209 has a very special story behind it. We are so excited to share it with you! This song was submitted to us directly from the artist himself; who was inspired when he found Scrapping The Music by chance! I will let him tell you the story himself. Check it out...

Hi Music Scrappers,

My name is Dave Erdmann..I was finishing up my latest cd and needed some "artwork" for the sleeve. I found a wonderful fiber artist artist named Sharon Wheat www.sharonwheat.com ...

I was mesmerized by her work and started digging a bit to find more.....Somehow a link called "Scrapping The Music" popped up and while skimming the site I noticed a series of "challenges" for the participants....Find some inspiration in music and throw that on a visual image..fascinating....Real people, real emotion and creation for the sake of the artistic process......

I am a songwriter and I am inspired by people that "Try Everyday".... The inspiration for the attached video was the "saga" of America's most decorated alpine skier Bode Miller. He has been up & down, criticized, judged....through it all, he has persevered. He was deemed "washed up" and all but dismissed by his coaches, peers and the US ski federation.. Then last season he crushed the competition on Americas toughest downhill ski course The famed "Birds of Prey" in Colorado.

We hope you will be as inspired by this story and song as we were! Here's the video...

My journaling reads: "Anne struggles with reading. She really does. But I have to say, she always tried to do her best. I admire her persistence and drive. She has improved immensely this year because of her dedication." The lyrics from this song really inspired me. Just try everyday!

This journal page is a promise I have made to myself to to create everyday. Sometimes life gets in the way, and it's easy to just let the things you love doing fall to the wayside, but I know that I am happiest when I am making art; so I make it a priority to Make Art Everyday.

Challenge #209BPrompt: Is there a song that you've sung the lyrics wrong to?

This is such a fun prompt! Who hasn't sung the wrong lyrics to a song?

Here's an example layout from DT member Her...

Her

I really wonder... were we the only ones always singing the wrong lyrics???

Now it's Your Turn!What inspires you about the song "Try Everyday"? Show us in a scrapbook layout, art journal page, or anything else you are inspired to create!

How about the prompt? What song have you mis-sung ? We want to see it!

To be eligible to win this challenge and have your creation hang in the STM Hall of Fame, remember tolink us up to your layout(s) using Mr. Linky below by midnight central time on Tuesday, November 27th. The clock in the right sidebar shows central time to help you if you need to convert time zones.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Hey there everyone! Thanks so much to Glee, Maja and Lena who each submitted beautiful work for our current challenge! The design team is busy voting, but in the meantime, check out their beautiful work in this slideshow...

We will be back to announce the winner on Wednesday (Nov. 14th)! See you then!

Monday, October 29, 2012

Due to a very busy creative schedule, Patricia Roebuck is stepping down from the Scrapping The Music Design Team. It's always hard to say goodbye to someone on our team; and it's especially hard to say goodbye to Patricia; but at the same time, we are excited about her new adventures and want to wish her the very best on her creative journey!!! Patricia has been such an awesome team member for a long time now, both in team spirit and incredible talent!

We want to take this opportunity to share with you just a few of Patricia's STM layouts...

Thank you so much Patricia for everything you've done for Scrapping The Music!!!